NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270.

167
Place in performance rating
286
Pascal
Architecture
GCN 1.0
GP106
Code name
Curacao
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 December 2017 (3 years ago)
Release date
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$203
Price now
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
60.74
Value for money
6.20
GP106
GPU code name
Curacao
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB  vs  AMD Radeon R9 270 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
1280
1506 MHz
Core clock speed
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1709 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
4,400 million
Transistor count
2,800 million
16 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
120 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
136.7
Texture fill rate
74.00
4,375 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1709 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
4,400 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
120 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
250 mm
Length
210 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
5 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
160 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
8008 MHz
Memory clock speed
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160.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
no data
HD3D
+
no data
LiquidVR
1
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TressFX
1
no data
TrueAudio
+
no data
ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
no data
Enduro
-
no data
UVD
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
no data
Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon R9 270 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
AMD Radeon R9 270
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Cheaper ($203 vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (120 Watt vs 150 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (5 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

0.34% faster in synthetic tests

More memory bandwidth (179.2 GB/s vs 160.2 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB or AMD Radeon R9 270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB versus AMD Radeon R9 270 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

4.6 Out of 14 Hitesti Score
4.2 Out of 53 Hitesti Score